In Mary Shelley’s solace (and raging heart), she gave life to the “mad scientist” and his “creature” man as monster and the humanity of his abomination an electrifying theatre of the imagination that set the stage for horror, science fiction, and cinematic history. ![]() The unholy abomination of bringing the dead back to life signaled the domineering presence of science and the destruction of faith during the 19th century. “Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay / To mould me man?” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1667
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